Tracy Grimshaw covers the 2018 interview with Dolly Everett’s grieving parents

In this series, we look back at some of A Current Affairs host Tracey Grimshaw’s most memorable interviews. Today, Grimshaw reflects on the moment he spoke to Dolly Everett’s grieving parents after the teenager tragically took her own life in 2018.

Grimshaw said that while she would prefer not to speak to parents Thicke and Kate Everett under such tragic circumstances following the death of their daughter Dolly, she always learns something about human resilience in “every single interview like this”.

“I’d rather talk to someone like the Everetts than politicians or superstars because I learn about life from people like the Everetts,” the former host said.

“But I’d rather the Everetts never be in a position where they have to talk to someone like me.”

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When Grimshaw interviewed the Northern Territory parents, they claimed Dolly had struggled with bullying before she took her own life.

The former presenter said that while children in the desert can grow up “tough”, they are still soft inside and she believes the teenager “is very vulnerable” to what “can very often be a brutal dynamic in schools”.

“Kids can be very cruel,” Grimshaw said.

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When Grimshaw interviews parents Kate and Thicke, they are calling for schools to be held accountable for bullying under the national framework.

They aimed to make a difference through the foundation they set up called Dolly’s Dream in the hope that other families wouldn’t have to face what they went through.

“There is a hole in their family that will never be filled,” Grimshaw said.

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